but his heir, John Smith Barry, failed to build this, and it remained to John Smith Barry's son, another James Hugh Smith Barry, to extend the house in 1856. Moule described the interior of the house in 1837: "the hall is filled with antique vases, statues, &c, and the saloon is embellished with many of the finest works of art, for which this seat is celebrated: the collection of pictures is chiefly of the Italian school". In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the house as containing "a fine selection of paintings and antique sculptures". The collection remained intact at Marbury Hall until 1932, when the house passed out of the Smith Barry family. The collection was dispersed with most pieces were sold in 1933 or 1946; the piece of the Parthenon Frieze is now held in the British Museum, and the statue of Zeus is at the Getty Museum. Present day None of the house exists following its demolition. However, raised terraces, a pair of rusticated gatepiers topped with urns, stone walls, the arboretum and walled garden still exist within Marbury Park. The walled garden is now a garden centre. Dead trees in the Lime Avenues were replanted in 1980 to commemorate the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the avenues were renamed Queen Elizabeth Avenue. See also Marbury Park References Sources de Figueiredo P, Treuherz J. Cheshire Country Houses (Phillimore; 1988) () Pevsner N, Hubbard E. The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Penguin Books; 1971) () External links Picture of Marbury Hall, 1898 Picture of Marbury Hall from the air A 2002 Play based on Marbury Hall Country houses in Cheshire Demolished buildings and structures in England World War II prisoner of war camps in England Houses completed in 1856 British country houses destroyed in the 20th century 1856 establishments in England